Assignment: Perspective Psychology Journals

Assignment: Perspective Psychology Journals

If your layperson’s idea of psychology has always been about people in laboratories wearing white coats and watching hapless rats try to negotiate mazes in order to get to their dinner, then you are probably thinking about .

Behaviorism is different from most other approaches because they view people (and animals) as controlled by their environment and specifically that we are the result of what we have learned from our environment. The behaviorist perspective is concerned with how environmental factors (called stimuli) affect observable behavior (called the response).

The behaviorist perspective proposes two main processes whereby people learn from their environment: namely classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning involves learning by association, and operant conditioning involves learning from the consequences of behavior.

 (CC) was studied by the Russian psychologist . Though looking into natural reflexes and neutral stimuli he managed to condition dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell through repeated associated with the sound of the bell and food.

The principles of CC have been applied in many therapies. These include  for phobias (step-by-step exposed to a feared stimulus at once) and aversion therapy.

Write about your thoughts or feelings related to the ideas or discussions in class or readings. Do not simply summarize what happened in class. 13 entries should be written. Even if you are absent you can still reflect on and write about the topic of that week or some other topic. These entries must be typed (I can think about your ideas rather than struggle to read them). If you wish I will “preview

your first entries to see that you have the right concept. The journal entries, each dated, with the topic you are responding to IDENTIFIED, should be fastened securely together. They are due May 5th 24. Ray (2004, January). How the Mind Hurts and Heals the Body. American Psychologist, Jan 2004, pgs. 29-40. 25. Association for Psychological Science (Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin, and Michael I. Norton) (2014). Prosocial Spending and Happiness: Using Money to Benefit Others Pays Off. Current Directions in Psychological Science (Vol. 23,1). Pg. 41-47. 26. Association for Psychological Science (Shigehiro Oishi, Selin Kesebir, and Ed Diener) (2011) Income Inequality and Happiness. Psychological (Vol. 22, 9). Pgs 1095-1100. obal 13. Association for Psychological Science (Steve Loughman, Brock Bastian,& Nick Haslam) (2014) The Psychology of Eating Animals. Current Directions in Psychological Science. (Vol 23,2) pg. 104-108. 14. Kohn (1990). The Case Against Competition. IONS Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1990, 84-90, Petaluma: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 15.

Association for Psychological Science (June Gruber, Iris B. Mauss, & Maya Tamir) (2011). A Dark Side of Happiness? How, When, and Why Happiness Is Not Always Good. Perspectives on Psychological Science. (Vol. 6,3) pg. 222-233. 16. Bonanno (2004, January). Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience. American Psychologist, Vol. 59, Jan 2004, 20- 28. 17. Harman (1991). Business as Component of the Global Ecology. IONS Noetic Sciences Review, Fall 1991, 124- 128, Petaluma: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 18. Roszak, Theodore (1995). Where Psyche Meets Gaia. Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, 1- 17, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. (avrildh from Sinnett) 19. Sinnott: Summary of Families of Spiritual Traditions 20. Tart (1991). Altered States of Consciousness & the Possibility of Survival of Death. IONS Noetic Sciences Review, 35-42, Petaluma: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 21. Association for Psychological Science (Shinobu Kitayama, Jiyoung Park, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Yuri Miyamoto, Cynthis S. Levine, Hazel Rose Markus, Mayumi Karasawa, Christopher L. Coe, Norito Kawakami, Gayle D. Love, and Carol D. Ryff( (2015) Expression of Anger and Ill Health in Two Cultures: An Examination of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk. Psychological Science (Vol. 26,2) pgs 211-220. 22. Association for Psychological Science (Mirre Stallen, Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Shaul Shalvi, Ale Smidts, and Ajan G. Sanfey) (2012) The Herding Hormone: Oxytocin Stimulates In-Group Conformity. Psychological Science (Vol. 23,11) pgs. 1288-1292. 23. Criswell (2011). Humanistic Psychology and Mind-Body Medicne, Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, (pp. 581-592).

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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